Car driver hospitalized after truck misses stop sign

A Benson man was injured Monday morning when the car he was driving swerved to miss a garbage truck that ran a stop sign and went airborne into a soybean field.

The incident happened at 9:09 a.m. on Stearns County Road 10 and Royal River Road, about 10 miles south of Albany, according to the Stearns County Sheriff’s Office.

Steven Espelien, 54, was driving a car north on County Road 10 in Farming Township when a garbage truck ran a stop sign at the intersection, according to the sheriff’s office. Espelien swerved to miss the truck, and his car left the road, went airborne for about 30 feet and landed in a field.

Espelien was taken to the hospital for his injuries. The driver of the garbage truck was not injured. He was identified as Chad Robertson, 33, of Willmar.

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